China's new map: Plotting against India and other Asian states
China’s incomplete embrace of international law is strategic; deploying it when convenient while rejecting the responsibilities international law imposes
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China’s incomplete embrace of international law is strategic; deploying it when convenient while rejecting the responsibilities international law imposes
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 — The government will send a protest note to China over the latter’s claims on the South China Sea as outlined in the ‘China Standard Map Edition 2023’,...
Malaysia said it had filed a diplomatic protest over the map. The new map holds no binding authority over Malaysia, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. "The map, among other things, displays China's unilateral maritime claims that encroach upon Malaysia's maritime areas in Sabah and Sarawak based on the 1979 Malaysia new map," it said.
On Monday, China released a “standard map”, which showed Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as parts of Chinese territory. The distorted map also incorporated China’s claims over Taiwan and a large part of the South China Sea. , India News, Times Now
The 2023 edition of China’s ‘standard map’ comes amidst speculation over whether Chinese president Xi Jinping will attend the G20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi next week